Peter O'Toole
Peter Seamus O'Toole (August 2, 1932 – December 14, 2013) was a British actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began working in the theatre, gaining recognition as a Shakespearean actor at the Bristol Old Vic and with the English Stage Company. In 1959 he made his West End debut in The Long and the Short and the Tall, and played the title role in Hamlet in the National Theatre's first production in 1963. Excelling on the London stage, O'Toole was known for his "hellraiser" lifestyle off it.
Making his film debut in 1959, O'Toole achieved international recognition playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He was nominated for this award another seven times – for playing King Henry II in both Becket (1964) and The Lion in Winter (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), The Ruling Class (1972), The Stunt Man (1980), My Favorite Year (1982), and Venus (2006) – and holds the record for the most Oscar nominations for acting without a win (tied with Glenn Close). In 2002, he was awarded the Academy Honorary Award for his career achievements.
O'Toole was the recipient of four Golden Globe Awards, one BAFTA Award for Best British Actor and one Primetime Emmy Award. Other performances include What's New Pussycat? (1965), How to Steal a Million (1966), Supergirl (1984), and minor roles in The Last Emperor (1987) and Troy (2004). He also voiced Anton Ego, the restaurant critic in Pixar's Ratatouille (2007).
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Known For
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Sly 2023Self (archive footage) (uncredited)★ 7.2 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.6 -
Self (archive footage)★ 4.5 -
Self - Actor (archive footage)★ 7 -
Narrator (voice)★ NR -
Diamond Cartel 2015Tugboat★ 5.7 -
Gallus★ 2.7 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
Talking Pictures 2013Self (archive footage)★ 5 -
Father Christopher★ 6.7 -
Self★ NR -
Eldorado 2012Narrator (voice)★ 2.3 -
Eager to Die 2010Lord Pelican★ NR -
Iron Road 2009Relic★ 6.3 -
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Dean Spanley 2008Fisk Senior★ 7.4 -
Christmas Cottage 2008Glen★ 6.3 -
Stardust 2007King★ 7.3 -
Ratatouille 2007Anton Ego (voice)★ 7.8 -
The Tudors 2007Pope Paul III★ 7.8 -
Samuel, the Prophet★ 6.6 -
Venus 2006Maurice★ 6.6 -
Lassie 2005The Duke★ 6.4 -
Casanova 2005Giacomo Casanova★ 7.1 -
Mystic India 2005Narrador★ 7 -
Troy 2004Priam★ 7.2 -
Augustus Caesar★ 6.2 -
Bright Young Things 2003Colonel Blount★ 6.3 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
President Paul von Hindenburg★ 7.1 -
The Final Curtain 2002JJ Curtis★ 5 -
Global Heresy 2002Lord Foxley★ 5.2 -
Hellraisers 2000Self★ NR -
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Self (archive footage)★ 10 -
Jeffrey Bernard★ 8.7 -
Joan of Arc 1999Bishop Cauchon★ 6.5 -
William Williamson★ 6 -
The Manor 1999Mr. Ravenscroft★ 5.8 -
Coming Home 1998Colonel Edgar Carey-Lewis★ 5.5 -
Phantoms 1998Dr. Timothy Flyte★ 5.4 -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle★ 6.4 -
Himself★ NR
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Gulliver's Travels 1996King of Lilliput★ 7.1 -
Heavy Weather 1995Clarence, Earl of Emsworth★ 10 -
Self★ 7 -
The Rainbow Thief 1994Prince Meleagre★ 5.4 -
The Seventh Coin 1993Emil Saber★ 3 -
Rebecca's Daughters 1992Lord Sarn★ 6 -
Isabelle Eberhardt 1991Maj. Lyautey★ 5.7 -
Civvies 1991Barry Newman★ 7.7 -
King Ralph 1991Sir Cedric Charles Willingham★ 5.4 -
Pantaloon (voice)★ 6.4 -
Crossing to Freedom 1990John Sidney Howard★ 6 -
Wings of Fame 1990Cesar Valentin★ 6.7 -
On a Moonlit Night 1989Prof. Yan McShoul★ 7.1 -
High Spirits 1988Peter Plunkett★ 5.8 -
Self★ NR -
The Last Emperor 1987Reginald Johnston (R.J.)★ 7.6 -
The Dark Angel 1987Uncle Silas Ruthyn★ 7.5
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Club Paradise 1986Anthony Cloyden Hayes★ 5.1 -
North and South 1985Sam Trump★ 7.4 -
Creator 1985Dr. Harry Wolper★ 6.3 -
John Hampton★ 6.9 -
Supergirl 1984Zaltar★ 5.4 -
Kim 1984Lama★ 6 -
Self / Zaltar★ 6.3
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Sherlock Holmes (voice)★ 5.2 -
Sherlock Holmes (voice)★ 2.5 -
Pygmalion 1983Professor Henry Higgins★ 8.5 -
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Svengali 1983Anton Bosnyak★ 5.2 -
Sherlock Holmes (voice)★ 4.1 -
Sherlock Holmes (voice)★ 6.3 -
Man and Superman 1982Jack Tanner★ NR
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My Favorite Year 1982Alan Swann★ 6.7 -
Masada 1981Gen. Cornelius Flavius Silva★ 7.1 -
The Stunt Man 1980Eli Cross★ 6.7 -
Strumpet City 1980Jim Larkin★ 5 -
Caligula 1979Tiberius★ 6 -
Zulu Dawn 1979Lord Chelmsford★ 6 -
Power Play 1978Colonel Zeller★ 7 -
Rogue Male 1976Sir Robert Thorndyke★ 6.5 -
Foxtrot 1976Liviu★ 4.7 -
Rosebud 1975Larry Martin★ 4.9 -
Man Friday 1975Robinson Crusoe★ 6.9 -
Self★ NR -
Self★ 6.3 -
Man of La Mancha 1972Don Quixote De La Mancha / Miguel de Cervantes / Alonso Quijana★ 6.6 -
The Ruling Class 1972Jack 14th Earl of Gurney★ 6.4 -
Under Milk Wood 1972Captain Tom Cat★ 6.2 -
Murphy's War 1971Murphy★ 6.1 -
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Brotherly Love 1970Sir Charles Ferguson★ 5.9 -
Goodbye, Mr. Chips 1969Arthur Chipping★ 6.7 -
Stiletto 1969Man at the Premiere (uncredited)★ 5.2 -
Great Catherine 1968Capt. Charles Edstaston★ 5.6 -
The Lion in Winter 1968Henry II★ 7.4 -
Casino Royale 1967Scottish Piper (uncredited)★ 5.3 -
Present Laughter 1967Garry Essendine★ NR -
General Tanz★ 6.8 -
The Three Angels★ 7.3 -
Simon Dermott★ 7.5 -
The Sandpiper 1965(voice) (uncredited)★ 6.4 -
What's New Pussycat? 1965Michael James★ 6 -
Lord Jim 1965Lord Jim★ 6.8 -
Becket 1964King Henry II of England★ 7.1 -
Wind Sand and Star 1963★ NR
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Self★ NR
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Lawrence of Arabia 1962T.E. Lawrence★ 8 -
Capt. Monty Fitch★ 6.1 -
The Savage Innocents 1960First Trooper★ 6.7 -
Kidnapped 1960Robin MacGregor★ 6.4 -
Mario★ NR
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First Soldier★ 7.6 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 6.9 -
Sunday Night Theatre 1950Rene Latour★ 3.5
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